Functional nanomaterials for selective uranium recovery from seawater: Material design, extraction properties and mechanisms

Y Wu, Y **e, X Liu, Y Li, J Wang, Z Chen… - Coordination chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution and resource shortage are two major problems in the current world.
Nuclear energy, a green energy with high energy density, has attracted extensive attention …

Direct air capture: process technology, techno-economic and socio-political challenges

M Erans, ES Sanz-Pérez, DP Hanak… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change mitigation scenarios that meet the Paris Agreement's objective of limiting
global warming usually assume an important role for carbon dioxide removal and negative …

Advanced photocatalysts for uranium extraction: elaborate design and future perspectives

T Chen, K Yu, C Dong, X Yuan, X Gong, J Lian… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear energy has been regarded as one of the promising energy sources to replace
traditional fossil fuels due to its advantages of high energy density and carbon-free …

Aqueous alternating electrolysis prolongs electrode lifespans under harsh operation conditions

J Liang, J Li, H Dong, Z Li, X He, Y Wang, Y Yao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
It is vital to explore effective ways for prolonging electrode lifespans under harsh electrolysis
conditions, such as high current densities, acid environment, and impure water source. Here …

Application of biochar-based photocatalysts for adsorption-(photo) degradation/reduction of environmental contaminants: mechanism, challenges and perspective

Y Lu, Y Cai, S Zhang, L Zhuang, B Hu, S Wang, J Chen… - Biochar, 2022 - Springer
The fast increase of population results in the quick development of industry and agriculture.
Large amounts of contaminants such as metal ions and organic contaminants are released …

Highly efficient electrocatalytic uranium extraction from seawater over an amidoxime‐functionalized In–N–C catalyst

X Liu, Y **e, M Hao, Z Chen, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater contains uranium at a concentration of≈ 3.3 ppb, thus representing a rich and
sustainable nuclear fuel source. Herein, an adsorption–electrocatalytic platform is …

Uranium extraction from seawater: material design, emerging technologies and marine engineering

Y **e, Z Liu, Y Geng, H Li, N Wang, Y Song… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium extraction from seawater (UES), a potential approach to securing the long-term
uranium supply and sustainability of nuclear energy, has experienced significant progress in …

Modulating uranium extraction performance of multivariate covalent organic frameworks through donor–acceptor linkers and amidoxime nanotraps

M Hao, Y **e, X Liu, Z Chen, H Yang, GIN Waterhouse… - JACS au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can be designed to allow uranium extraction from
seawater by incorporating photocatalytic linkers. However, often sacrificial reagents are …

Semiconducting metal–organic frameworks decorated with spatially separated dual cocatalysts for efficient uranium (VI) photoreduction

K Yu, L Tang, X Cao, Z Guo, Y Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reduction of soluble hexavalent uranium (U (VI)) to sparingly soluble tetravalent uranium (U
(IV)) with semiconductor photocatalysts is recognized as a novel, green, and simple U …

Confining Ti-oxo clusters in covalent organic framework micropores for photocatalytic reduction of the dominant uranium species in seawater

S Zhang, L Chen, Z Qu, F Zhai, X Yin, D Zhang, Y Shen… - Chem, 2023 - cell.com
Photocatalytic reduction is a promising strategy for uranium extraction from seawater.
However, due to the lack of accessible active sites, current photocatalysts work poorly under …